Evaluating The Implementation Of The Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act, 2019: Challenges And Progress In Haryana

Abstract

The ratification of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 marked an important milestone in protecting the rights and wellbeing of transgender people in India. The Act seeks to insist and safeguard the fundamental rights of transgender community though persuading better social awareness and gender understanding. This research work tried to undertake an inclusive study of the Act, analyzing its alignment with constitutional provisions and its reaction to the evolving social and economic and political landscape of the nation. Moreover, it provides the historical viewpoint, highlighting the respected position of transgender people in pre-colonial India, the marginalization and discrimination they confronted during the British colonial period, and the ultimate legal recognitions of their rights through the milestone NALSA judgment.  Though the removal of the compulsory medical examinations under the new rules is a positive development, the transgender community's ongoing quest for an inclusive, fair, supportive, lawfully safeguarded, and respectful situation remains far from complete. Attaining the constitutional promises of freedom, equality, self-determination, and justice continues to be an isolated goal.